Monika Merva
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22nd Encontros da Imagem - Braga Portugal - 2012
Celebrating the city of Braga the EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF YOUTH this theme becomes very suitable.
So, is under preparation a group exhibition - Facing Youth - which seek to provide a comprehensive overview of European Youth. Besides that exhibition are scheduled other exhibitions of young artists which will be disseminated in various exhibition venues of the city.
In addition to the wide range of exhibitions, which will seek to include all countries of the European community, are a set of scheduled activities (conferences, debates, screenings, workshops) aimed at the youth world in order to not only lead to better understand their active status quo, as well as provide leisure time and tools to decode the visual arts today.
The project "Facing Youth" aims at outlining ... - Exposition
Monika Merva - Origins of Emotions
Origins of Emotions is a series by photographer Monika Merva that presents the quiet moments of family life, bringing into focus small details that often evoke memories heavy with emotion. Each deliberately composed color image exists as a physical record of an instance now past, as the artist hopes to push viewers towards a more mindful observation of the present and our place within the world around us.
"In contemplating this series, I am confronted with the uneasy sense that this body of work is as much about beginnings as it is about endings, life and death. It is about securing my own memories and capturing an image of the people and moments that have given shape to my life. Equally, it is about the awareness of how an image marks the last vestige of that moment in time: a memory captured and a moment disint...
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Celebrating the city of Braga the EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF YOUTH this theme becomes very suitable.
So, is under preparation a group exhibition - Facing Youth - which seek to provide a comprehensive overview of European Youth. Besides that exhibition are scheduled other exhibitions of young artists which will be disseminated in various exhibition venues of the city.
In addition to the wide range of exhibitions, which will seek to include all countries of the European community, are a set of scheduled activities (conferences, debates, screenings, workshops) aimed at the youth world in order to not only lead to better understand their active status quo, as well as provide leisure time and tools to decode the visual arts today.
The project "Facing Youth" aims at outlining ...
Origins of Emotions is a series by photographer Monika Merva that presents the quiet moments of family life, bringing into focus small details that often evoke memories heavy with emotion. Each deliberately composed color image exists as a physical record of an instance now past, as the artist hopes to push viewers towards a more mindful observation of the present and our place within the world around us.
"In contemplating this series, I am confronted with the uneasy sense that this body of work is as much about beginnings as it is about endings, life and death. It is about securing my own memories and capturing an image of the people and moments that have given shape to my life. Equally, it is about the awareness of how an image marks the last vestige of that moment in time: a memory captured and a moment disint...